Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. celebrated the official opening of its Marrone Michigan Manufacturing (M3) facility today with a ribbon cutting ceremony and plant tours. Pictured are the speakers from the program listed below. Today’s event features a facility tour which highlights the benefits of MBI’s bio-based products for pest management and plant health and gives attendees a firsthand look at …
New Holland Announces MyNewHolland.com
This morning New Holland launched MyNewHolland.com. This new virtual community is set up to provide a meeting place to share information, contribute to farming related discussions and access premium contents and services. It is very simple to create an account by visiting MyNewHolland.com. Full news release can be downloaded here (.doc). Community members will have access to the features currently …
Fuels America Responds to SOTU
This morning Fuels America held a teleconference to provide reaction to the climate action plan President Obama discussed during his State of the Union address last night. The President’s speech coincided with the final day of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) comment period on a proposal to reverse the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The EPA plan would …
Nufarm NAFTA Headquarters
Nufarm invited ag media to tour their new North American headquarters in Alsip, IL. It is also the global headquarters for the Nuseed division. Photos: 2013 Nufarm North America Headquarters Photo Album Audio:
CropLife Foundation Releases Seed Treatment Report
At the end of last week Croplife Foundation released a new report, “The Role of Seed Treatment in Modern U.S. Crop Production.” The report contains extensive information on the benefits of seed treatment for growers, consumers and the environment. The CropLife Foundation held a press conference with these speakers: Jay Vroom, chair, CropLife Foundation board of directors Andrew W. LaVigne, …
United Soybean Board Conference Call
This morning the United Soybean Board held a conference call with media to introduce new officers and answer questions. An audio file of the recording is available below. USB ADDS 70th DIRECTOR, ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN AT ANNUAL MEETING The year 2014 will be a historic one for the United Soybean Board (USB) as it expands to a 70-member board of …
2013 NAFB Convention
NAFB 2013 was held November 13-15 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Westin Hotel at Crown Center. The chilly weather didn’t stop anybody from attending the 70th annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention, where hundreds of farm broadcasters came together to discuss the pressing topics of the industry. Photos: 2013 NAFB Convention Photo Album Audio: Airing on the Side …
Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop
This week Prince Agri Products sponsored the pre-conference symposium of the Penn State Dairy Cow Nutrition Workshop in Grantville, PA. Over 600 attended this year’s event. Here are a interviews and photos you may use in your stories. More will be added over the next week. Photos: Prince Agri Products Dairy Pre-Conference Symposium Photo Album Interviews:
ASFMRA Agronomics Vision 2014
The 84th Annual Convention of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers is being held in conjunction with the Agronomics Vision 2014 conference in Reno, NV. Here are photos and audio and video files for your use. More will be added as they get edited. We’re expecting about a dozen or more in total. Photos: Agronomics Vision 2014 …
USFRA Boston Food Dialogues
This week the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance held a Food Dialogues event in Boston, MA. You can find out more about it on their website. The event was moderated by Bloomberg News’ Alan Bjerga and the topic was “Farm Size: Does It Really Matter.” The event took place from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT at the State Room …
Animal Ag Alliance Teleconference
Today the Animal Agriculture Alliance hosted a teleconference with various third-party experts to discuss industry improvements presented in the report “Advances in Animal Agriculture; What the Center for a Livable Future, Pew Commission and Others Aren’t Telling You About Food Production.” (pdf) Third-party experts on the call included: Dr. Richard Raymond, former Under Secretary, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States …
O.H. Kruse Customer Appreciation Event
The O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling company holds its 2013 Grand Opportunities customer appreciation event at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, CA. This post will be updated over the next couple days with more photos and interviews you may use in your broadcasts, websites and publications. Photos of the event: 2013 O.H. Kruse Photo Album Audio:
John Deere API Integrator Conference
This week John Deere held its API Integrator Conference in Des Moines, IA at the World Food Prize building. During the conference the company announced a new web portal for application and software developers who become partners at Developer.Deere.com. They also announced the MyJohnDeere Data API. Here are interviews with John Deere representatives and partner companies that attended the event. …
Monsanto Presser on The Climate Corporation Agreement
Monsanto Companyhas signed an agreement to acquire The Climate Corporation for a cash purchase price of approximately $930 million. Link to Monsanto press release. Monsanto’s executive vice president of global strategy Kerry Preete and David Friedberg, chief executive officer of The Climate Corporation, held a conference call to make the announcement.
2013 Farm Progress Show
The 2013 Farm Progress Show was held August 27-29 in Decatur, Illinois. As always there was lots to see and do at the 60th anniversary of the nation’s largest outdoor farm show. High temperatures didn’t stop visitors or exhibitors. There was a record number of exhibitors this year with 70 new additions and the parking lot was overflowing by noon. …